Sunday, September 09, 2012

Galactites tomentosa

Pretty Galactites tomentosa flowers.

Galactites tomentosa is a biennial or annual thistle species of southwestern Europe, and one of the very few members of this genus. This thistle usually forms an exquisite leaf rosette on the first year (of which I have no photos to share), and produces an abundance of small, pretty, pink-violet flowers on what looks like a small, densely branched shrub.
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11.11.2011 to 12.12.2012a one year plant + art showcasea one year study of the familiar

A look at the realm of plants, in and around Thessaloniki, plants that we all must have seen somewhere, and passed by hurriedly without paying any close attention...if we asked them their names, we could greet them when we meet them again on our way...__________________